CVE-2013-4658 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Linksys EA6500 has SMB Symlink Traversal allowing symbolic links to be created to locations outside of the Samba share.

Published: 2019-10-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 9.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6500_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4513	Linksys EA6500 has SMB Symlink Traversal allowing symbolic links to be created to locations outside of the Samba share.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09341.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ise.io/casestudies/exploiting-soho-routers/
https://www.ise.io/soho_service_hacks/
https://www.ise.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/soho_defcon21.pdf

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Linksys Ea6500 Ea6500 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-25T16:10:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:52:27.006Z

Reserved: 2013-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4658

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-25T17:15:10.570

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:57:40.457

Link: CVE-2013-4658

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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